ASTRONOMICAL YEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does astronomical year mean? 

• ASTRONOMICAL YEAR (noun)
  The noun ASTRONOMICAL YEAR has 1 sense:

1. the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes

  Familiarity information: ASTRONOMICAL YEAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASTRONOMICAL YEAR (noun)

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Meaning:

The time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

astronomical year; equinoctial year; solar year; tropical year

Hypernyms ("astronomical year" is a kind of...):

year (the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun)